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Ousie vs Housie - What's the difference?

ousie | housie |

As nouns the difference between ousie and housie

is that ousie is (south africa|slang) a black woman, especially one who works as a maid while housie is (australia|new zealand) a gambling game similar to bingo.

ousie

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (South Africa, slang) A black woman, especially one who works as a maid.
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    housie

    English

    Alternative forms

    * housie-housie

    Noun

    (-)
  • (Australia, New Zealand) A gambling game similar to bingo.
  • * 1994 , David Grant, On a Roll: A History of Gambling and Lotteries in New Zealand , page 138,
    • Aficionados continued to play housie for the rest of the decade, but always under the threat of criminal prosecution.
  • * 2001 , Patricia Grace, Irihapeti Ramsden, Jonathan Dennis, The Silent Migration: Ngati Poneke Young Maori Club, 1937-1948 , page 119,
    • She ran raffles, card games and housie to raise money for M?ori welfare.
  • * 2010 , , Ten Hail Marys , University of Queensland Press, page 98,
    • Thursday night was housie night at St Monica?s hall.
  • * 2010 , Michael Caulfield (editor), The Voices of War: Australians Tell Their Stories from World War I to the Present , unumbered page,
    • He was very officious—universally hated—and bingo, then called housie', was illegal, because we had a ' housie game and we used to play this on deck and we were all up on deck in our shorts and we?d give warning if he was coming.